people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the day i
house to capitol hill with the collision of two historic and deeply connected events. the first, the ongoing crisis over the house speakership still unfolding in the house at this moment, which just voted to adjourn until 10:00 pm tonight after 13 votes took pl. and the speaker was still not elected pickett is something that has not happened in american politics in 164 years. since before the civil war. the second event, the anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. the worst attack on the united its capital in centuries. the commemoration today took place at the white house where pres. joe biden awarded the country second highest civilian honor, the presidential citizens will to 14 people who were instrumental in making sure that american democracy survived the coup attempt by the ex-president and his republican allies. it is group that includes first responders, officers, as well as election workers like ruby freeman and shane mossberg we have a chance to speak to two of t
soon be over but maybe not entirely. the judge says they haven t met the burden of showing why parts of the affidavit should not be disclosed. one republican congressman says he is not holding his breathe. it will be the most redacted thing in american history. we won t get answers until the republicans take the house back. we have the ability to ask the justice department the tough questions. good morning to you both. we re closely looking at the docket now in the southern district of florida. we know this affidavit is imminent and could happen at any time. noon is the deadline unless there is a last-minute appeal. we know we ll see the affidavit at some point over the next few hours. don t expect it to be the affidavit we want to see that has detail why the feds went into the home of the u.s. president. this affidavit would have that detail in theory but the version we ll see includes department of justice redactions. the judge wrote yesterday in his order i find the go
d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz
cemetery and call vlc. oh, man. and there will be the joint american franco celebration and commemoration today. so you ll have president biden, he will be welcoming the french president given the this is the american cemetery, there will be a flyover fly past of c13 aircraft. there will be the national anthems of both countries. the french president will make a short speech and deliver what s called the leisure and honore. let s a particular honor perhaps a little bit like the medal of freedom in the united states to a number of surviving american vets. president biden will deliver the remarks, perhaps in about a half an hour from now. there ll be the invocations, there will be, again, more fly pars, prayers, and and tabs and the kinds of things that actually we ve seen in so many of these years. this is, i ve been doing these commemorations since 1994, the 50th and then the 55th to sixth year the 65th, and on and on. and it s